Arens Blames U.S. for M.E. Arms Race NEW YORK (JTA) — Moshe Arens, chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Af- fairs and Security Commit- tee, accused the United States of initiating a "Mid- dle East arms race" by sup- plying modern weaponry to Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He also claimed that the U.S. is "pressuring Israel to 'solve' the Palestinian problem through a return to the 1967 border" so that Washington can "prove its good faith to the Arabs." Arens, a Likud hawk who LEVEL with ME! What Do I Have To Do To Sell You A Car? I'LL LEVEL with YOU! Cali me, Larry Friedman at 474-0500 or - ROGER PECK CHEVROLET, 114C. come In to see are at 30250 Grand River, Farmington Hills voted against the Camp David accords in the Knes- set, made his remarks at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organ- izations two weeks ago. He charged that the Ifer-I mulators of American foreign policy are commit- ting a grave error if they be- lieve arming Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia will stabilize an "inherently un- stable Arab world." Arens said "U.S. and Is- raeli interests in the Mideast are identical" but "because of the widespread belief that 'Jerusalem is in America's pocket anyway," Israel is being treated at arms length while Egypt and Saudi Arabia are being wooed with advanced arms — 75 F-15 jets for Egypt, 80 F-16 jets for Saudi Arabia; 800 armored personnel car- riers and 900 tanks for Egypt." According to Arens, the net result of "the American-initiated Mid- dle East arms race" was that "Israel must in- crease its military spend- ing to counter the huge increase in weaponry now or soon to be in Arab hands from both the U.S and from the Soviets." Arens, who is visiting the U.S., made similar remarks in an address earlier to an- other group of Jewish lead- ers at American Jewish Committee headquarters. Claiming that Israel is America's only consistent ally in the Middle East, he maintained that a U.S. pol- icy which ignored Israel was based on illusory thinking. However, he said he wel- comed the growing aware- ness in this country of the menace of Soviet aggression in the Middle East. "What is good for the United States is good for Is- rael," he declared, "and similarly, what is in Israel's security interest benefits the United States." He warned against wo- oing the Arabs and other Moslem states beacuse "most Middle Easterr•coun- tries are inherently un- stable and have no com- mitment to democracy and Western interests and ideals." Consquently, he said, an American policy that provides such countries with large quantities of sophisticated arms risks having those arms fall into unfriendly hands without any assurance that they would be used in defense of American interests. X Now at X X X X X Zero Neckband Shirts 100% Cotton Solid & Stripes from $27.50 Long Sleeves 31455 Southfield Road (between 13 & 14 Mile) Phone: 645-5560 Open S 6 daily, Thurs. Si 9 X and Sat. 5 5:30 p.m. X x . . . ....... ( . . ... S te . " • ample parking/credit cards accepted .3( Bleak Future for Latin Jews TEL AVIV (ZINS) — A pessimistic portrait of the Jewish communities in Latin America was drawn recently by Mordecai Dayen, chairman of the Executive of the World Union of General Zionists. Dayen, a native of Argen- tina, stated in an interview that the second and third generations are increas- ingly alienated from the Jewish state, and are caught up in a steady proc- ess of assimilation. Dayen noted that the Zionist movement there in all of its manifestations is experiencing a marked de- cline; having become, for all practical purposes, only a facade of Israeli emissaries, officials, and budgets. Latin American Jews seem to have money for everything except Jewish education, he Friday, February 15, 1980 21 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS xxxxxxXXxxxxxxxxxXXxxxxxXXXXXR said. The material condi- tion of the Jews has never been better, despite the galloping inflation. It is hardly any wonder therefore, Dayen adds, that the climate and prospects for a mass immigration to Israel are bleak. In 1979 aliya from Latin America fell by 10 percent, while the overall number of shlikhim (representatives from Is- rael) grew by 40 percent. X)